New Linux Coin Miner that Deletes Other Linux Malware and Coin Miners

From gbhackers.com

Linux coin miner

A new Linux coin miner that is capable of deleting previously installed Linux malware, coin miners and services associated with that including the connection ports.

Security researchers from TrendMicro observed the new coin miner and their scripts are matching to the Xbash features and KORKERDS.

“Noticing the script downloading the binary, we also looked at an analyzed code of KORKERDS modified and collected in November 2018 and found them almost the same except for a few additions and notable omissions.”

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